Prison
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World
Iranian-American Prisoner in Tehran Starts Hunger Strike
Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman, appealed to President Biden to negotiate with the government in Tehran for his freedom.
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World
Russia issues the first pardons to prisoners who fought in Ukraine, state media reports.
The head of Russia’s paramilitary Wagner Group said that a first group of prisoners whom it recruited to fight in Ukraine have completed their service and been pardoned, state media reported on Thursday. Human rights groups said the move highlights ...
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World
Putin Has a New Year’s Message. So Do His Critics, From Jail.
Seasonal greetings from imprisoned opponents offered counterprogramming of a sort to the traditional end-of-year speech from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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World
Nepalese Court Orders Release of French Killer From Prison
The action trims the life sentence Charles Sobhraj, known as ‘the Serpent,’ who targeted Western tourists in Asia in the 1970s and ’80s.
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Newyork
Hochul Grants Clemency to 13, Including a Domestic Violence Victim
The governor also commuted the sentences of two men convicted of murder, and pardoned several immigrants who were facing deportation.
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Newyork
Frank Salemme, One-Time Head of the New England Mafia, Dies at 89
Known as Cadillac Frank, he took over the region’s top organized-crime outfit in the 1990s, then cooperated with prosecutors against his former ally, Whitey Bulger.
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US
Death Penalty Researchers Call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
Even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in a generation, several high-profile failures forced states including Alabama and Tennessee to temporarily halt executions.
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World
From Behind Bars, Inmates Award France’s Latest Book Prize
SARAN, France — On a recent afternoon near Orléans, in the Loire Valley, members of the jury of France’s newest literary prize trickled out of their prison cells. They walked past tall white fencing topped with barbed wire, past metal detectors ...
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US
Senate Report Finds Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Federal Prisons
Federal Bureau of Prisons employees have abused female inmates in at least 19 of the 29 federal facilities that have held women over the past decade, the report says.
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US
Military Plans New $435 Million Health Facility at Guantánamo Bay
The plan to replace the base hospital envisions a prison still in operation at the base and reduced health care for residents, but no enhanced care for aging war prisoners.